Tiger's Daughter (Shifters Unbound #14)

by Jennifer Ashley

Blurb:

The mate bond has never been this strong …

Connor Morrissey hits his Transition—hard—and Shiftertown braces for chaos. His transformation into a fully adult Shifter comes early and is lightning fast, heightened by Connor’s very special heritage. Connor spirals out of control, ready to fight for his place in the hierarchy, and his instincts tell him his place is very high.

Only the touch of Tiger-girl cuts across Connor’s pain …

She’s there for him, beautiful, powerful, but a fish out of water, struggling to makes sense of the real world. As Tiger’s daughter, she’s more than an ordinary Shifter, inheriting Tiger’s strength and intelligence in addition to the enhancements the Shifter Bureau black ops team made to her in secret.

Then Connor is captured by those who will use him to enhance their own power. Tiger-girl knows the mate bond is forming between them—losing Connor will tear her apart. But can she risk being found by those who want to turn Tiger-girl into the most deadly Shifter of all time?

Now Tiger-girl must choose between her safety or exposing her whereabouts to free him …

Themes: Paranormal, Shifters

Rating: 4.25 stars

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Review:

Ok so we knew this story was coming, for a long time, but we thought for sure that Connor had some more growing up to do before he was ready for his mate, but I guess his heritage pushed his transition up a little bit faster than we ever could have guessed. I am a huge fan of this series and have been looking forward to Connor hitting his transition and finding his mate for a while now, though for those that follow along we have suspected who his mate was for a while Jennifer Ashley has a way of weaving her couples together and making their lives not just complicated but dangerously adventurous as well and she is definitely one off my favorite author when it comes to shifter stories. Connor is on the brink, not expecting his transition to hit him so young, but when it does oh boy look out. His family is not prepared for this changes he is about to undergo, but the female that has been waiting for him is ready and willing. Tiger-girl has known that Connor was hers since the moment she met him and being near him as she went through her own transition, but knowing that she couldn’t be with him since he was still a cub about drove her crazy, but know it is their time. Connor is determined to keep Tiger-girl safe from him and his dangerous desires, but when she and their enemies put her in front of him again and again there is only so much resisting her can do. But while they are dealing with the sudden change in their relationship there is a deadly enemy out to capture Connor and use him for their own lethal ends and Tiger-girl will do whatever it takes to protect her mate. Determined to keep one another and their families’ safe, Connor and Tiger-girl take on their foes together with some old friends and prove that age isn’t always the determining factor in a fighter’s ability to win and their dedication to defeating the enemy will not allow them to fail. I LOVED every second of watching Connor fall under Tiger-girl’s spell and wouldn’t have missed this story for anything. Tiger-girl has had such a strange life and knows that she ill only ever have a chance to be normal with Connor and the family they can have together. She is protective of her family and cubs, loving and sweet, and smart-as-a-whip in any situation, but the greatest weapon she has is her ability to make others underestimate her. I loved seeing her working with Connor to defeat their enemies proving they were definitely always meant to work together side-by-side. Connor has some issues for sure as he works through his transition drama, but once he accepts that only with Tiger-girl by his side will be come out with his sanity intact, everything seems to move smoothly for him. His strength, powers, and love for those in his circle make him an ultimate alpha, but he also knows that he isn’t ready for leadership so that level of intelligence and self-awareness made him interesting to get to know. I loved watching him deal with his past pains and learning more about himself as he asked questions he’d hid from most of his life, but finally had the strength to face with Tiger-girl by his side. The heat between these two is off the charts from the beginning when Connor comes into his pheromones and once they begin to explore that attraction it explodes like Vesuvius. I am looking forward to more in the series for sure, but to be honest if it were to end here with Connor’s story I feel like Jennifer did the series justice with this one as a finale because it was AWESOME!